Economy

The climate benefits of shared e-scooters depend upon how companies deploy and manage them, and what steps are taken to keep riders safe.

After the pandemic decimated the child care industry, parents are now routinely waiting years for care and doing anything they can to get off a waitlist.

In an interview Thursday with The Associated Press, the president says the American people are "really, really down" after two years of pandemic, volatility in the economy and surging gas prices.

Unknown numbers of businesses will die as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic shutdown.But, here and there, businesses are…

A steep drop in hotel tax revenue has jeopardized the construction of a sprawling new convention center facility that sits about 30 percent complete along…

Nearly half of jobs in Pierce County are at "high risk" of being replaced by advancing technology, according to a recent report assessing the threats…

Business leaders in King and Pierce counties took stock of the local economy at two separate summits Thursday, as they sought ways to harness the region's…

In the fight for Tacoma's economic future, the battlefield is the city's tideflats. The sprawl of shipping cranes, oil tanks, manufacturing buildings, and…

Outdoor recreation generates more than $3 billion in state and local tax revenue in the Northwest. That’s according to a report out this week from the...

The national unemployment rate nudged lower to 4.3 percent — the lowest it has been in 16 years.